It's okay. I tried it at a using an active bass and a solid state amp set flat.
The sub octave isn't an amazing tone, but it's passable blended with the clean signal and tracks quite well. The main fuzz is activated with the 'sub into fuzz' switch and can get massive low end.
The octave up sounded okay to me -- more fizzy than buzzy if that makes sense -- and seems to be in parallel with the main effect, which is great as it didn't kill any of that low end. Apparently there are internal gain and tone trim pots, but I didn't get a chance to tweak them.
Unfortunately I hated the main fuzz character. I'm having a hard time thinking of a way to describe it... it was possibly the blandest fuzz I've played. It softened up the note attack considerably and had no discerning characteristics other than "fuzz". It didn't cut or buzz or do anything, just sat there swallowing note character and boring me. Unfortunately you can't separate the fuzz and the sub boost that comes with it when you turn up the octave down knob (the tone knob just makes it muddy).
I really liked the functionality of it, but the fuzz tone was a deal breaker. It was very frustrating that dialing up its most awesome sound brings out its worst and there's no way to separate the two. However it's inexpensive, sounds okay if you forgo the fuzz section, and might sound good at moderate fuzz levels going into a dirty preamp or tube head. If I see one used for cheap I'll probably get it to try to modify the fuzz section.
The sub octave isn't an amazing tone, but it's passable blended with the clean signal and tracks quite well. The main fuzz is activated with the 'sub into fuzz' switch and can get massive low end.
The octave up sounded okay to me -- more fizzy than buzzy if that makes sense -- and seems to be in parallel with the main effect, which is great as it didn't kill any of that low end. Apparently there are internal gain and tone trim pots, but I didn't get a chance to tweak them.
Unfortunately I hated the main fuzz character. I'm having a hard time thinking of a way to describe it... it was possibly the blandest fuzz I've played. It softened up the note attack considerably and had no discerning characteristics other than "fuzz". It didn't cut or buzz or do anything, just sat there swallowing note character and boring me. Unfortunately you can't separate the fuzz and the sub boost that comes with it when you turn up the octave down knob (the tone knob just makes it muddy).
I really liked the functionality of it, but the fuzz tone was a deal breaker. It was very frustrating that dialing up its most awesome sound brings out its worst and there's no way to separate the two. However it's inexpensive, sounds okay if you forgo the fuzz section, and might sound good at moderate fuzz levels going into a dirty preamp or tube head. If I see one used for cheap I'll probably get it to try to modify the fuzz section.
